2013 Rochester Knighthawks season

2013 Rochester Knighthawks
Champion's Cup Champions
League NLL
Division 2nd East
2013 record 8 – 8
Home record 3 – 5
Road record 5 – 3
Goals for 179
Goals against 165
General Manager Curt Styres
Coach Mike Hasen
Captain Sid Smith
Alternate captains Mike Accursi
Mike Kirk
Arena Blue Cross Arena
Team leaders
Goals Cody Jamieson (28)
Assists Cody Jamieson (61)
Points Cody Jamieson (89)
Penalties in minutes Ian Llord (34)
Paul Dawson (34)
Loose Balls Brad Self (96)
Wins Matt Vinc (8)
Goals against average Matt Vinc (10.17)

The Rochester Knighthawks are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2013 season was the 19th in franchise history.

The Knighthawks finished the season second in the East division with an 8-8 record. But for the second straight year, they got hot in the playoffs, defeating the Philadelphia Wings, Minnesota Swarm, and Washington Stealth to win their second straight NLL Championship.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Toronto Rock – xyz 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 5–3 5–3 194 176 +18 12.13 11.00
2 Rochester Knighthawks – x 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 3–5 5–3 179 165 +14 11.19 10.31
3 Philadelphia Wings – x 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 4–4 3–5 170 207 -37 10.63 12.94
4 Buffalo Bandits 16 6 10 0.375 4.0 2–6 4–4 171 211 -40 10.69 13.19
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks – xy 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 3–5 6–2 222 211 +11 13.88 13.19
2 Washington Stealth – x 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 5–3 4–4 193 192 +1 12.06 12.00
3 Edmonton Rush – x 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 2–6 7–1 203 170 +33 12.69 10.63
4 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 3–5 4–4 185 202 -17 11.56 12.63
5 Minnesota Swarm – c 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 5–3 2–6 219 202 +17 13.69 12.63

x–Clinched playoff berth;c–Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;y–Clinched division;z–Clinched best regular season record;GP–Games Played
W–Wins;L–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on the Road;GF–Goals scored;GA–Goals allowed
Differential–Difference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GP–Average number of goals scored per game;GA/GP–Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 5, 2013 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena L 12–13 7,023 0–1
2 January 19, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 13–14 7,834 0–2
3 January 26, 2013 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena L 7–11 5,762 0–3
4 February 2, 2013 Washington Stealth Blue Cross Arena W 7–6 7,914 1–3
5 February 8, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 20–10 5,139 2–3
6 February 9, 2013 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 15–7 14,833 3–3
7 February 16, 2013 Buffalo Bandits Blue Cross Arena L 6–10 9,156 3–4
8 February 23, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena L 8–10 6,674 3–5
9 March 2, 2013 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 12–11 16,118 4–5
10 March 16, 2013 Edmonton Rush Blue Cross Arena L 9–11 7,009 4–6
11 March 30, 2013 Toronto Rock Blue Cross Arena W 12–8 7,013 5–6
12 April 6, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 14–7 7,467 6–6
13 April 7, 2013 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–10 10,073 6–7
14 April 13, 2013 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome W 15–14 12,340 7–7
15 April 14, 2013 @ Edmonton Rush Rexall Place L 10–14 6,116 7–8
16 April 20, 2013 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center W 10–9 19,070 8–8

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal April 27, 2013 Philadelphia Wings Blue Cross Arena W 10–8 5,963 1–0
Division Final May 4, 2013 Minnesota Swarm Blue Cross Arena W 12–10 5,096 2–0
Final May 11, 2013 @ Washington Stealth Langley Events Centre W 11–10 5,200 3–0

Roster

2013 Rochester Knighthawks roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  •  4 Canada Jamie Batson
  •  7 Canada Tyler Burton
  • 37 Canada Scott Campbell
  •  2 Canada Paul Dawson
  • 16 Canada Dylan Evans
  • 86 Canada Rory Glaves
  • 26 Canada Mike Kirk (A)
  • 79 Iroquois Sid Smith (C)
  • 29 Canada Ian Llord
Forwards
Transition
  • 14 Canada Matt Hummel
  • 10 Canada Joel McCready
  • 25 Canada Brad Self
Practice Squad
  • 45 Canada Cody McLeod
  • 83 Iroquois Tom Montour
Holdout
  • -- Canada Jamison Koesterer
  • 17 Canada Kyle Laverty
Unable to play
Head Coach
  • Mike Hasen
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

updated 2011-12-22
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

December 14, 2012[4]
 To Rochester Knighthawks
Dan Dawson
Paul Dawson
1st round pick, 2016 entry draft		 To Philadelphia Wings
Paul Rabil
Jordan Hall
Joel White
Rob Campbell
2nd round pick, 2014 entry draft

Entry Draft

The 2012 NLL Entry Draft took place on October 1, 2012.[5] The Knighthawks made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
326 Robbie Campbell Stony Brook University
329 Cody Hawkins Delta, BC
438 Matt Hummel Mercyhurst University
547 Chris Attwood St. Catharines, Ontario
656 Cody McLeod Orangeville, Ontario

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2013 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Rochester Knighthawks - 2013 Playoffs - Game Schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wings acquire Paul Rabil, move Dawsons in big trade". NLL.com. December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 Draft Results: Rush select Mark Matthews first". NLL.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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